The entire field leadership of Cabelas was released today. Very close to the two year anniversary of installation of said structure. Our new leader from Wal Mart stumbled through the reduction with an embarrassing lack of charisma that befits his humble beginnings in southern WV. The twang in his speech revealed his lack of good upbringing. He is not unintelligent but is the type of creature that made his bones in a retail environment that rewarded people who could hold accountability quickly and without concern for the individual or their family.
Those individuals who were both skilled and heartless had the advantage in the post Sam Walton Wal Mart and or Sams world. Our fearless leader Paul Stone had both of these skills. He made it 26 years in that environment (no small feat) which is admirable.
During that time he ran into Scott Williams at Wal Mart who was making a stop at the renowned retailer on his climb up the corporate ladder. This connection would pay off down the road as he would be the man that would reunite the duo at Cabelas down the road.
Paul Stone had capped out at Wal Mart/Sams and was now charged with running the market neighborhood stores for the chain. These stores were not successful and as a result were mostly closed.
His hero came in the form of Scott Williams (now the CEO in training at Cabelas) who remembered him from the Wal Mart days. Scott hired him and charged him with gutting the retail structure. Instead of coming in and taking everyone out cleanly, he decided to swoop in and rain destruction on the stores during the Christmas season.
The leadership team went through Christmas, inventory and the review period before lowering the boom on the existing structure without so much as bringing one person into the future of Cabelas.
The culture is dead and buried and is now being run by a hillbilly headhunter from southern WV who has no class but only the credibility of being the biggest headhunter from a company that is known to be among the worst to work for.
Shame on Jim Cabela and Mary for not giving a SHIT about their employees and where we have gone.